Swimming and Diving Teams Have Strong Individual Performances in North Carolina Meets

Oct 23, 2026 | Women's Swimming and Diving

UNCW Swim Results

NORTH CAROLINA – Tulane's swimming and diving team had strong individual performances in a pair of meets in the state of North Carolina on Friday, Oct. 23. The diving team competed at the University of North Carolina at the Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill. The swimming team traveled to the coast and competed at a meet hosted by UNCW at the David B. Allen Natatorium in Wilmington. The team totaled 43 top 10 finishes between the two meets including 10 marks in the top three.

Maddie Emment took second in the 1000 free (10:06.33). Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou placed third in the event (10:19.49).

Lise Coetzee was the runner-up in the 500 free (4:54.20) with Emment taking fourth (4:56.83).

Eliza Lennox ranked second in the 50 free (22.43). Nicole Fant earned eighth (24.18), Kaylee Daniell was ninth (24.87) with Charley Floyd earning 10th (25.83). Lennox also was the team's top finisher in the 100 fly (fifth – 55.13).

Paula Gaya Bisquerra earned third in the 100 breast (1:03.96). Ebba Holgersson was sixth (1:05.02) with Danielle Barberie finishing seventh (1:05.35).

Petropoulou was third in the 200 butterfly (2:03.43). Phoebe Johnson took eighth (2:07.69) and Layla Allen was ninth (2:15.97).

Coetzee took third in the 200 free (1:48.54) and Phoebe Johnson ranked 10th (1:53.25).

Barberie finished third in the 200 breast (2:19.74). Bisquerra earned seventh (2:22.33) with Holgersson taking eighth (2:23.35).

Rafaela Sumida placed fourth in the 100 free (51.86). Phoebe Johnson took eighth (52.26). Tamara Elekes earned ninth (54.14) while Franchesca Sanchez took 10thh (54.50).

Mary Kate Kupsky was the team's top finisher in both the 200 back (sixth - 2:03.55) and the 400 IM (seventh – 4:28.79).

The 200 free relay team of Fant, Emment, Coetzee and Lennox took third (1:33.35).

The 200 medley relay team of Marin Shimkus, Bisquerra, Lennox and Coetzee also placed third in their event (1:42.71).

The team's diving team competed at the University of North Carolina in the 3M diving. Fiona Keilly was the top finisher for the squad in placing fourth overall (246.38 pts.). Libby Brewer took fifth (226.85 pts.), Kelsey Weddington placed sixth (213.90 pts.) while Tannah Proudfoot earned seventh (208.90 pts.).

"Getting to dive against at top tier program like UNC was a great opportunity for our team," said Head Diving Coach Richard Marschner. "We are still in the very early stages of putting our lists together and the entire team is making huge progress. We got to compete against All-American divers today and that experience will help us for when we get to conference and zones so we are accustomed to competing against great divers."

The team ended up losing the swim tri-meet to UNCW by a 144-114 margin and to North Carolina State 203-57.
Next, Tulane's swimming and diving program heads to the state of Texas for a pair of meets in the city of Houston from Nov. 6-7. The weekend starts with a tri-meet against the University of Houston and Rice on Nov. 6 and finishes with a dual meet against Rice on Nov. 7.

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